WE ACT for Environmental Justice and the Sabin Center Launch Model Environmental Justice Bills
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In an effort to advance environmental justice solutions across the U.S., WE ACT for Environmental Justice and the Columbia Law School’s Sabin Center for Climate Change Law launched a suite of model local and state environmental justice bills today for legislators and advocates to adopt and introduce in their state’s 2024 legislative sessions.
Key Points:
- In an effort to advance environmental justice solutions across the U.S., WE ACT for Environmental Justice and the Columbia Law School’s Sabin Center for Climate Change Law launched a suite of model local and state environmental justice bills today for legislators and advocates to adopt and introduce in their state’s 2024 legislative sessions.
- “Legislators and other advocates interested in environmental injustice face myriad constraints with their time and the most effective ways to address constituent concerns,” said Peggy Shepard, co-founder and executive director of WE ACT for Environmental Justice.
- WE ACT brought this partnership idea to the Sabin Center to leverage New Jersey and New York’s cumulative impacts legislation to impact other communities positively.
- The work with WE ACT was part of an initiative the Sabin Center took in alignment with its Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Anti-Racism (DEIA) plan .